Tuesday, 15 May 2012





DEBKAfile Special Report May 15, 2012, 11:57 AM (GMT+02:00)

USS Iwo Jima in Saudi port

A new US battle strategy against Iran (ABS) hinges on tightly coordinated air, land, sea, undersea, space and cyberspace capabilities for defeating closure of the (Hormuz) strait, cyber attack, mines, cruise and ballistic missiles. US and Israeli Air Forces, Navies and their special forces are operating on the ABC concept after an Israeli drill which ended in its navy setting up a dense defensive line against enemy sea assault by unconventional weapons. Monday, a large US amphibious marine vessel anchored in Jedda.

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Foreign Intervention Corners Assad
Waiting for his Iranian and Russian backers to react.
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More Ifs and Buts from Iran
Regional partnership with the US is embedded in its latest nuclear proposals.
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Netanyahu Back on Track for Iran Military Option
How will Washington restrain his unity government?
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Headlines
Tripoli clashes after direct orders from Assad to Lebanese army
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
May 14, 2012, 10:54 AM (GMT+02:00)
Lebanese Tripoli catches fire from Syrian conflict

Bashar Assad has stepped in directly to halt the covert war his Western and Arab foes are waging against his regime through Lebanon. DEBKAfile’s military sources disclose he is now sending Lebanese army commanders direct orders for cutting arms, money, fighters and medical supplies to the rebels, especially in Homs. Last week, Lebanese Chief of Staff Gen. Jean Kahwagi was given a crude ultimatum: Take care of the Syrian rebels’ backers in Tripoli, or else the Syrian army will enter Lebanon and do the job.

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More than 60 nuclear experts at work building Iranian nuclear bomb
DEBKAfile Special Report
May 13, 2012, 9:00 AM (GMT+02:00)
Malek Ashtar University: Nuclear bomb project HQ

The 60 Iranian experts employed by 11 different Iranian agencies controlled by the Iranian Defense Ministry (under the IRGC) were revealed by names and addresses Saturday, May 12, by the opposition Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI) in the first ever detailed exposure of a highly secret, central Iranian organization working on building a nuclear weapon. DEBKAfile: Through the secret US-Iranian track, Khamenei told Barack Obama that Fordow will not be shut down. Jerusalem: The evolving US-Iran deal is “bad for Israel.”

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